Funerals for two brothers killed in a crash while returning home from fighting a wildfire were held Sunday.
Jonathan Coco, 25, and his brother Hunter, 21, were volunteer firefighters for the Maxwell Community Fire Department and were on their way home June 20 from a fire outside Lockhart when another car hit the brush truck they were in. The truck rolled and killed both Hunter and Jonathan while the driver of the other car sustained minor injuries.
Lockhart Police said an officer issued a summons to the driver, similar to a citation, for failure to yield the right-of-way.
Hundreds of people attended Sunday’s services, remembering the brothers for their service and sacrifice.
“They were great guys,” Martin Ritchey with the Mid-Valley Volunteer Fire Department said. “We’re talking about volunteers who would get up in the middle of the night.”